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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sara say that she and the other women hoped for?

2. Where were the rabbis in Chapter 27 from according to Sara?

3. Why did the SS torture Mala and her boyfriend?

4. What does the editor claim the Holocaust did for Western civilization?

5. Who was present in Rostock at the same time as Sara?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Irena try to encourage the women to do according to Sara in Chapter 30?

2. What did an SS man tell Sara and others and what did Sara do in Chapter 36?

3. What was the story Mrs. Helena shared with Sara and the other infirmary workers?

4. What did the one hundred rabbis do upon arrival in Auschwitz?

5. Who was hung at the gates at the end of October 1944 and why?

6. What did Magna believe about dignity as human beings in Chapter 25?

7. What did Sara do on April 30 1945 when the SS decided to evacuate them?

8. What did Sara and other survivors draw on according to the editor?

9. What tradition did Sara write in according to the editor?

10. Where did the Auschwitz prisoners go to after the march?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mengele brought a gypsy boy into the infirmary, dressed elaborately and made him sing and dance. Mengele continued to parade him around the camp for the summer, but when fall came, the gypsy camp was killed and Mengele was said to have pushed the boy into the chamber himself. Students should describe who the gypsies were, why they were called gypsies, why they in concentration camps despite being Aryan, and discuss the gypsy family camp. Students should use the text and secondary sources to support their discussion of the gypsies.

Essay Topic 2

After World War II, Europe changed drastically, including Poland which was Sara's birthplace and where she returned following German surrender. Students should examine how the world changed after the war and how it affected families, culture, religion, finances or other areas of life. Students should use the text and secondary sources to support their discussion.

Essay Topic 3

In "Auschwitz: True Tales from a Grotesque Land", Sara examines different types of communists by introducing people who held such beliefs, such as Erika Schneider. Define what it meant meant to be a communist and analyze whether Nazi's fit into this definition. Students should compare different characters in their analysis and use the text and secondary sources to support their conclusions.

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